Heritage Bowl (defunct) | |
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Stadium | Georgia Dome |
Location | Atlanta |
Previous stadiums | Hard Rock Stadium (1991) Bragg Memorial Stadium (1993) |
Previous locations | Miami Gardens, Florida (1991) Tallahassee, Florida (1993) |
Operated | 1991–1999 |
Conference tie-ins | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Southwestern Athletic Conference |
Sponsors | |
The Heritage Bowl was an NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) bowl game held by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The bowl pitted a team from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) against a team from the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). It was hoped that it would become a true national championship game for historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).[1] It was a successor to the Pelican Bowl, which matched MEAC and SWAC teams during the 1970s,[5] and a predecessor to the Celebration Bowl of the 2010s.